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Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, June 15, 1983 f Pint-size polo staff photo by Peter Rocha School age children from Bryan romp around ^ he kids are taking part in a summer recreation Kyle Field playing “pillow polo” Tuesday morning, program sponsored by First Baptist Church. $501,000 awarded Hf in asbestos damages United Press International HOUSTON — A Houston man has been awarded $501,000 in damages in a suit against 1 1 firms he said were re sponsible for “making him an old man before his time,” his attorney said. Harold Gideon, 59, sued the 1 1 firms in 1981, asking for $2.5 million in damages. The jury of three men and three woman de liberated less thaji three hours before finding seven of the firms liable for damages. The companies were found to have manufactured a dangerous pro duct that injured or will injure Gideon, said lawyer Rex Hous ton of Henderson. The jury awarded $500,()()() to Gideon, who was suffering from asbestosis, and his wife Betty. Named as defendants in the case were Fibreboard Corp. of New York; Ruberoid Company and GAF Corp. of New York; Eagle-Pitcher Industries Inc. of Pennsylvania; Celotex Corp. of New York; Keene Corp. and its predecessor Baldwin-Ehret-Hill of New Jersey; Raymark Indus tries and its predecessor Raybes- tors-Manhattan Inc. of Charles ton, S.C., and Standard Indus tries Inc. and its predecessor Standard Asbestos Manufactur ing Co. of Kansas City, Kan. Houston said Gideon went to work for Standard Asbestos in the Texas Panhandle when he was 20 years old in 1944. He stayed for 25 years until 1909, when he moved to Houston. But in 1979 he was diagnosed as having asbestosis. He noticed a shortness of breath, general ized weakness and the inability to climb stairs or walk distances. Asbestosis occurs when peo ple inhale the tiny asbeste libers, which get caught in the lungs. Gideon still works for an insula tion firm, but is an office worker and estimator. His lawyer said he no longer is exposed to asbes tos fibers. The companies argued dur ing the eight-day trial that Gi deon's medical problems, be traced to his cigarette* ing. 1 louston said Gideif <|uit smoking for lj although he started ap 1979. The jury also pm Raymark Industries fori knowledge of the heallk lems involved with asbess not advising employees jury ordered the compai $1,()()() in punitive dai making a total ata $501,000. ■ United i|'A( :o - itlvhat the Hriminat diet it say long enoug for action. ■‘This tc tied d and lieo La Rut r (Chapel F I louston said it could proven that his diem b exposed to products m lured by those four cot w Inch \V( add have cause 1 he other four dele who were not ordered damages, were Owens Inc. of New Jersey; Pi Coining Co. of Penns Armstrong-World Indu New York and Nicolet New York. )iih justice iVaco is thr j A 10-yea ration case :ouit. ■ An A i landed do Vrin 197: itudent poj "roii i 18,()< hen, the sc llosc some s ■ That i diools has lopnmmit y '■‘Mv re; msolidat i< mt from u gm plan," ■iter Clergymen plan anti-nuclear demonstration United Press International EL. PASO— Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy will take pan in a massive demonstration next Monday against the world wide buildup of nuclear arms, promoters say. The Rev. Jaime Madrid, chancellor of the Roman Catho lic Diocese of El Paso, said he will deliver the opening prayer at the rally, which is being held at the entrance to Fort Bliss. A Unitarian minister, the Rev. Forrest Johnson, will also speak at the demonstration, which is expected to attract thousands of people from throughout the El Paso area. Also included on the prog ram are representatives of the El Paso Religious Society of Friends and Sister Mary Peter Bruce, a Catholic nun who is a member of the Loretto Disarma ment-Economic Conversion committee. One of the promoters of the demonstration, Fran Ernst, said seven organizations will be in volved as part of the Interna tional Day of Nuclear Disarma ment. “We need to pray for an end to the insanity our country is in volved in with the nuclear arms buildup,” she said. Ernst said she hoped “thousands” would turn out for the demonstration, which will be held at noon in the streets in front of Fort Bliss. Promoters said Fort Bliss was chosen as the site for the demonstration be cause the sprawling Army facil ity is the headquarters for the testing of missiles which have the capability of carrying nuc lear warheads. An Army spokesman said of f icials were aware of the plan ned demonstration. The spokes man said the Nike Hercules, which is used only by foreign troops, has the capability of car rying a nuclear warhead. The missile is test-fired at Fort Bliss, he said. Fort Bliss spreads over a mil lion acres of land, with more than 25,000 military personnel and more than 2,000 foreign troops from 19 countries. Ernst, representing El Pa soans for Non-Nuclear Future, said members of the seven groups “will only take a few mi nutes to show that there are many who care about building a f uture of peace and harmony.” The demonstrators will be peaceful and orderly, she said, in keeping with aims to further the cause of nuclear disarma ment, demilitarization, non intervention and world peace. Yarbrough’s trial set for August 1 United Press International AUSTIN —Trial has been set for Aug. 1 on bond jumping charges for convicted perjurer and former state Supreme Court Justice Donald Yar brough, who was snatched off his island exile and brought back to Texas last March. Yarbrough’s lawyers, in a hearing in state district court Monday, said they did not antici pate any further delays. Yarbrough, a Houston lawyer, was elected to the state’s highest court in 1976, defeating Appeals Court Judge Charles arrow after spending •I*. ; ^M)()() on his campaign. olitical observers speculated voters had Yarbrough confused with three-time gubernatorial candidate Don Yarborough and former U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarbor ough. Shortly thereafter, Yar brough was convicted on charges he lied to a grand jury investigating allegations he plot ted to hire the slaying of a Vic toria banker, who in turn was to have testified in a civil suit over Yarbrrtugh’s financial dealings. Yarbrough disappeared for 19 months and fled to the Carib bean island of Grenada, where he reportedly was studying medicine when he was seized and taken to the nearby island of St. Vincent. Authorities there extradited him to Texas March 18. LOBSTER CO. % 1 lb. Lobster $5 95 IV2 lb. Lobster 9 6 50 /ib. P'own in LIVE from New England weekly, ^irst shipment on Friday, June 17th. (Orders taken until 3 p.m. Thursday June 16.) 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